Syracuse.com - Photo slideshow: Annual "Women in Nature Outdoors Skills Workshop" draws a crowd

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It was held at the Otisco Rod and Gun Club.

A total of 100 women got a food taste of the outdoors today during the annual "Women in Nature Outdoors Skills Workshop" at the Otisco Rod and Gun Club.

The women were treated to a free, day-long seminar of 15 different outdoor activities, along with a wild game and fish lunch and raffles. They shot shotguns, rifles and muskets, along with compound bows and crossbows; they went birding, learned about campfire cooking, wilderness survival, fly fishing, how to fillet a fish, how to prepare wild game -- and so much more.

The event is sponsored by the Onondaga Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs and it's the biggest event of its kind in the state.

I stopped by to meet the ladies and to solicit readers for my weekly email Outdoors newsletter. I also sampled lunch -- my favorite dishes were the frog legs, the pickled pickerel and the deep-fried crappie fillets. All extremely delicious.

The Women in Nature program's mission is to:

1) Encourage women to enjoy the great outdoors through the Outdoor Skills Workshop as well as at additional shooting, hunting, and fishing seminars and recreational outings.

2) Promote membership in the local conservation organizations that are

members of the Onondaga County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs.

To learn more about the local Women in Nature program and upcoming activities, check out the group's website.

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